Poetry for School and Home, from the best authors. Edited by T. Shorter1861 |
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... mothers , Angel - stamped in heart and brow ! may be our fathers ' teachers : We may be the mightiest preachers , In the day that dawneth now ! We Such the children's mute appealing , All my inmost soul was stirred ; And my heart was ...
... mothers , Angel - stamped in heart and brow ! may be our fathers ' teachers : We may be the mightiest preachers , In the day that dawneth now ! We Such the children's mute appealing , All my inmost soul was stirred ; And my heart was ...
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... dews , too gross thine air , her spirit to sustain ; But up in groves of Paradise full surely we shall see Our morning - glory beautiful twine round our dear Lord's knee . MARIA W. LOWELL . THE SAILOR AND HIS MOTHER . 6. THE SAILOR AND.
... dews , too gross thine air , her spirit to sustain ; But up in groves of Paradise full surely we shall see Our morning - glory beautiful twine round our dear Lord's knee . MARIA W. LOWELL . THE SAILOR AND HIS MOTHER . 6. THE SAILOR AND.
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Thomas SHORTER. THE SAILOR AND HIS MOTHER . 6. THE SAILOR AND HIS MOTHER . A WIDOW mother had a lad , Now sixteen years was he ; And nothing would content his heart , But he must go to sea . Then said the widow , " God is great Upon both ...
Thomas SHORTER. THE SAILOR AND HIS MOTHER . 6. THE SAILOR AND HIS MOTHER . A WIDOW mother had a lad , Now sixteen years was he ; And nothing would content his heart , But he must go to sea . Then said the widow , " God is great Upon both ...
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... Mother , she has shared with me In many perils of the sea . " The pitying mother hears a tale Of dangers on the sea ; How dark the night , how strong the gale , How nearly drown'd was he . And then she says , " God bless thee , lad ! It ...
... Mother , she has shared with me In many perils of the sea . " The pitying mother hears a tale Of dangers on the sea ; How dark the night , how strong the gale , How nearly drown'd was he . And then she says , " God bless thee , lad ! It ...
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... mother's grave , His tears as salt as any wave , His breast heaved like the sea ; And the years of voyage he had known , Came all at once , not one by one , Back to his memory . Then sadly home to his wife he went , And , with head upon ...
... mother's grave , His tears as salt as any wave , His breast heaved like the sea ; And the years of voyage he had known , Came all at once , not one by one , Back to his memory . Then sadly home to his wife he went , And , with head upon ...
Common terms and phrases
angel BATTLE OF BLENHEIM beauty beneath bird blessed bloom blossoms blow blue bowers breast breath breeze bright buds CASABIANCA child CINQUE PORTS cloud cottage cowslips cried CUCKOO dance dead dear death delight DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB doth dream earth ECHOING GREEN ELIZA COOK eyes fair Father flowers gentle glad green guilders happy hath head hear heard heart heaven hill Inchcape Rock JOHN GILPIN lamb land laugh light look Lucy MARY HOWITT merry moon morning mother nest never night NIGHT SONG o'er PIED PIPER pipe PIPER OF HAMELIN pity pleasant poor pray prayer Queen round sail shining sing SIR JOHN MOORE sister sleep smile snow song sorrow Speak gently spring stars stept sweet tears thee There's thine thou tree trysting-tree Twas unto village waves wild wind wing young